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ID number: BIRBI-LR0500 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 425-429 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 275. B. A. Seaby, December 1949, ex Rev. Fane Dickson Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: two Emperors, draped, nimbate, enthroned, each holding a mappa with r. hand and cruciform sceptre with l. hand, a star above them.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ΓHEODO SIVS P F ΛVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SALVS AEI PVBLICΛE E (health of the Republic). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 237
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